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Re: Rookie Team 1746 creates it's first prototype robot

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Originally Posted by Snappel328
It weighs a little over the maximum standards for FIRST robots, about 140 lbs and true, we did use 80/20
80/20 does have a bit of heft to it, but I'm sure you could knock off some pounds. (Those wheels appear to have some heft, at least from the photos.)

Do you plan on using 80/20 for the chassis, or use whatever we get for the kitbot frame this season? The Kitbot frame is pretty good at what it does.

Either way, good stuff! The first robot you build is the one where you actually figure out what you're doing, so it's always a good thing to have that one not count. (I speak from experience.)
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